UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-6453

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus

VALERIE D. MASSARD, a/k/a Cynthia Williams, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern Dis- trict of West Virginia, at Charleston. Charles H. Haden II, Chief District Judge. (CR-94-143, CA-96-736-2)

Submitted: October 10, 1997 Decided: November 14, 1997

Before MURNAGHAN, WILKINS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Valerie D. Massard, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Lee Keller, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying her motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 & Supp. 1997).

We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the dis- trict court. United States v. Massard, Nos. CR-94-143; CA-96-736-2 (S.D.W. Va. Mar. 13, 1997). We also deny Appellant's motion to authorize preparation of transcript at government expense. We dis- pense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED